Gonna strip Win 7 down before MS freezes it and then just keep using it only as a DAW stuck on the currently installed versions until quantum computing makes audio virtual machining and containers a breeze, ca. If I had a full Bitwig Studio license I'd go all in on Linux but for now it's Reason Lite 10, Ableton Lite 9 and 8, Bitwig 8-track and some Win only guitar amp modellers and fx and VST instruments. But a quick line up of wants and needs against current budget and licenses made me realize I'm kind of stuck on Windows.

Initial approach was to setup an old Win 7 laptop and Jack network a few apps only to a Linux DAW with Bitwig as mothership for loop recording and Tracktion or Ardour as traditional sequencers and hosts for any mixing and mastering. So this is a bit of a downer to share among all the great inspiration and research here but I decided to come clean anyway.įeel free to debunk my assumptions and signal pathsġ) Live looping bits and pieces written on guitar and keys and index them on disk for easy remixing and editingĢ) Fiddling with virtual instruments and explore new sounds and fx techniquesģ) Record demo, lesson, practise tracks and videos.Ĥ) Occasionally lay down some tracks on collaborators projects.ĥ) Rarely produce sheet music and tabs for a few songs

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